The time after

Hello and good tidings!

We were in Santa Maria with family for the Christmas feasting and consuming.

Great day!

the next day i made it to San Luis Obispo for a photo shoot with Mike Sinor and Matt Ortman.  It was great to get to be back in the Edna Valley! so beautiful. Also getting to see Mike and Matt again was great! Two people who's wines make any day better.

here is the article that came out today in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

-On the winemaking side;

It is nice and cold these days so the wines are loving it and falling bright.

-Also of note, I have been working on my next feature film project which i am calling: The Angel's Share.

It is a horror film a will star a well known Santa Ynez local. more on this as things progress...

-The New Year is here! hope you find someone and somewhere warm to ring it in!

ALL THE BEST

Good News

Well i hope you are all having a good holiday time!!!!

Still busy here with life and work. we are starting to get some good press so that is very positive! the holidays are a hard time to get much going, but things are still happening. take a look here at the Pacific Coast Business Times for a nice little piece! also we are getting really positive feedback from people far and wide. so i am quite stoked on this!

Hope you all have safe and wine filled holidays!

All the best,

Rob  

Holey days a comin

Here they come like a rogue train!!!!!! look out. keep arms and legs off the track and bring your wet boots! ha ha

ok ok. hopefully you all will have a family and friend filled time over the next couple of weeks! We are feeling super blessed here.  The wedding is over and almost all the bills paid, family will be here soon and our friends are all good.  

We just had a great storm here in san diego that brought much needed rain and lots of local snow to Big Bear!  My friend Marko, up at bear, just told me last night that it looks like 4+ feet up there so we are off to good start.   condolences go out to all those ill affected by the storm though.

DVD sales are doing well and we have just begun the job of getting the public aware!

The film seems to be really connecting with people as the comments are coming in on the blogs and through emails. makes me feel good to see this happening.

so i braved the rain last night to top and taste my 07 and 08 cabs.  the o7 is really coming well and it is almost time for me to combine the three barrels one being a new hungarian 36 galloner. this will be my main "oak" source as the other two barrels are neutral the blend is perfect, making roughly a 25% oak influence.  just like i like it. no 2x4s to the head. mmmmmmm 

also i made a new label (on top) for my 06 sangiovese that we are getting ready to label. Vedova Nera is supposed to be translated in italian as "the black widow" owing the black widow that was living in our fermenter and had to be relieved of her duties., so we named the wine after her.  my friend Rick Loos was a partner in the wine and we are very proud of how it came out! Again this wine was from Wolfgang Hallauer's vineyard in the heart of Santa Ynez. great spot!

Well hope you all have good celebrations and hug a couple people you like, maybe even one you don't like and make sure to mutually rub inappropriately someone you really like!

all the best,

rob   

Happenin'

Hi All,
The Cabs and Chardonnay are coming along good. we are getting some cold weather, so i will be saving on the old electric bill for cooling the wine!

The DVD is selling on the site now and interest has been incredible! sales are moving and we have barely started the push. Wes Hagen from Clos Pepe Vineyard did a couple of posts on Robert Parker's forum and we got a nice kick out of it! Very exciting as things start to happen and are in the works for the distribution.

Good News! one of the film's featured winemakers, Kenny Likitprakong from Hobo Wine Company, has left his position of Winemaker at a Russian River winery to concentrate on his own brands and make a go of it. As if that wasn't enough, they have also struck out and partnered in a tasting room venture with Branham Estate Wines in downtown Healdsburg. Along with his sweetheart Lynn and daughter Ida, it is an awesome step in the evolution of their life and wines. Kenny's commitment to unique and incredible vineyards and wines is inspiring and we wish them the best and look forward to the bright future of their family and brands!
The picture above is my girl Jen in one of Kenny's favorite vineyards in the Rockpile AVA, gettin' in on the pick!
Check out the tasting room at 132 PLAZA STREET, downtown Healdsburg.
The tasting room phone number is 707-473-0337

Happy Holidays!

check:
www.fromgroundtoglass.com

Wow Crazy

Harvest is here and gone!
I got married!
From Ground to Glass is done and DVDs are shipping!!!!!!

i hope you all get a chance to see it, live it, love it!
This year i am making a Cab Sauv again from Estelle Vineyard in Santa Ynez. Bryan Babcock calls the vineyard block, the "Loin" it is a completely different animal from last year, and will be interesting. already it feels like it will be complex and tasty, but much more of a French style to it. already on about 30% oak and falling bright. Also when i was there picking it up i spotted some chardonnay on the crush pad! had to have some to try. Bryan graciously sold me a small amount and i have about 15 gallons cooking i the livingroom! we full cluster pressed it in my #40 press and ran a quick ferment due to the fall heat. now it is cooler and the wine is falling bright and tasting good! more later...
please check out the film! what an oddessy to get to this point!
All the best!